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02.01.16

COOL DUDE DAVID

david hockney | designlovefest

this weekend was a little dreary and cold in la and has even us angelinos doing a little california dreaming. as an antidote we've been looking through david hockney's numerous pool based artworks and thought we'd share in the fun. if you're not already familiar with this charismatic artist you'll quickly see that this english man has had a fascination with the los angeles domestic pool culture for a long, long time. not one to be limited to a single medium of expression, pools have served as subject matter and location to many of his paintings, drawings and photography.

david hockney | designlovefest

01.28.16

REAL TALK: WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO

why we do | designlovefest

i was listening to a cool podcast called design matters and they were interviewing simon sinek on good leadership. in the conversation he brought up his "start with why" theory a lot. it basically focuses on WHY we do what we do. which got me thinking about my own career, how i got to where i am, what lead me here, what were the early signs of it. so today, we are going to look into all of our way back pasts and encourage you to look into yours too. it's a fun topic to discuss and think about.

Q: looking back, what is a memory from your childhood that is an early indication that you would be well suited for your occupation?

bri: (title: CEO/creative director of designlovefest): definitely a huge indicator was that huge journal i lugged around with me everywhere, documenting and writing all my feelings and inspirations. that was my teenage blog at the time. but i remember even further back than that, i was obsessed with the visual aspects to a school project. i remember we had to write a bunch of poems in english class and put them in a binder. i made sure i designed the cover of the binder perfectly and each poem had it's own graphic theme. i probably would be annoyed at myself if i was another student haha. i just really enjoyed making my projects tell a story visually. i was also obsessed with my xanga journal, cutting out pages in magazines, collaging my closet doors with teen bop magazine photos, kid pix. i liked imagery, that's for sure! ha, tell me this doesn't take YOU right back…

why we do | designlovefest

and look at me teaching my little sister about computer programs (ahem, blogshop teacher in the making?? ha)

why we do | designlovefest

and then my giant high school journal…

why we do | designlovefest

and you should check out these emo videos i made in college (here and here). it kinda looks like my new/old blog style! anyway, i'll stop now, i probably have way too many examples! ha.

natalie (title: art director at designlovefest):if i look back at some of the earliest indications that all of my actions would lead me to this job there are definitely a few that stick out. when every kid in middle school was reading tiger beat and seventeen magazine i had subscriptions to vogue and bazaar, which i shelved and cataloged with so much seriousness. neither my parents nor my peers had much interest in fashion so for me it was something that i could really make my own. i also kept a journal where i would just make lists of different shades of colors, i think this started when i saw my first j.crew catalog in the late 90's. green was always the longest list, leaf, mint, kelly, i remember thinking grape green was so clever. lastly, i got involved in photography very young, both taking pictures and studying photo history. i had an amazing high school teacher that taught us both technical aspects and also about how photography was invented. it's still the primary source of my visual inspiration. I love looking at photographic images and reading about the context in which they were made.

erika (title: a managing editor at designlovefest): i was obsessed with design since i was super young. when i was 12 i taught myself photoshop and made a bunch of websites about all of my favorite bands (if only i could see them now!). i would design graphics, make desktop wallpapers, and write updates about everything going on, ha! fast forward 10 years and i was doing graphic design full-time, and now i'm doing practically the same thing i did as a kid. pretty much all signs from childhood pointed to my future.

joanie (title: business manager at designlovefest): i don't know if there was a time when i thought all signs pointed to getting a business degree. to be totally honest, it just sort of happened, people told me that it was versatile and to study something that i could actually get a job in after i graduated. i had a lot of different interests and i thought if i got a business degree i could blend everything into one, and that is true on a lot of levels but i also think there should more thought put into what you study. deciding what you want to do for the rest of your life when you go to college at age 18 seems a little silly. it's too young, i didn't know enough about the world yet. i do remember thinking that if i studied "international business" maybe that meant i would get to travel all the time, haha. but i don't regret getting a business degree, it has opened up a lot of doors for me and i've been able to have some really cool jobs because of it.

Q: what's the most exciting part about your job?

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01.20.16

ARTISTS IN THEIR STUDIOS

artists in studio | designlovefest

natalie and i are headed to marfa tomorrow morning with six other friends for my 30th birthday. it feels like it's coming at a perfect time, because i think it will be really creatively fulfilling. we were talking about donald judd (he had a true vision of marfa becoming a place for his art after being frustrated with the small spaces in new york. he relocated to the vast emptiness in texas.) this got us thinking about artists from the past and their work spaces, a topic that's always fascinating.

matisse, ray eames, picasso, alexander calder and more…

artists in studio | designlovefest

so fun to look at, right?

01.14.16

3 INSPIRING INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS

has anyone noticed themselves going on instagram wayyyyy less? it's really too bad because a lot of my inspiration used to come from instagram. SO, this new years i decided to take some time and switch up who i'm following, and search for NEW people to learn about and feel inspired by. i think sometimes i forget that we can change what we are seeing on that app and get stuck in the same mundane routine. try it out!

here's three accounts i absolutely love following…what are some of YOUR current faves?

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